Union Market Builts Deaf-Design Near Gallaudet

VIDEO [CC] - Serving Customers, without even talking by VOA On Assignment. The market employs and deaf-design for Deaf community and Gallaudet students.



WASHINGTON D.C. - A year-old food market in a Washington, neighborhood has become a unique hub of shopping and dining for the city's Deaf community. Union Market has become a unique hub for the city's Deaf community.

The market employs and caters to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people, and also was built using deaf-design principles to make it easier for Deaf people to communicate. And as VOA's Michael Lipin tells On Assignment, the market is a place where Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people can hang out together.



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